Metallaborane reaction chemistry. A facile and reversible dioxygen capture by a B-frame-supported bimetallic: structure of [(PMe2Ph)4(O2)Pt2B10H10]
Abstract
[(PMe2Ph)4Pt2B10H10] 1 reversibly takes up atmospheric dioxygen to give the fluxional dioxygen–dimetallaborane complex [(PMe2Ph)4(O2)Pt2B10H10] 2, which has Pt–Pt 2.7143(3), Pt–O 2.141(4) and 2.151(4) and O–O 1.434(6) Å.